RUGBY LEAGUE NEW BOSS IN AT ST HELENS SAINTS TURN TO ROWLEY AFTER SALFORD DEMISE

PAUL ROWLEY has been appointed as the new head coach of St Helens after agreeing to a multiyear contract with the club.

- BY JAMES SMAILES

Rowley arrives from Salford Red Devils, whose demotion from Super League was confirmed on Thursday after they did not place in the top 12 of the IMG grading table. That has consigned them to life in the Championship and, with Salford’s future remaining unclear as their latest HMRC hearing creeps closer, Rowley (right) has secured one of the bi